Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL v7.0.1 Released

d'oh ... my build script got toasted awhile back, and I had to re-write it
all ... failing to include the formatted docs, it appears :( my fault ...

On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> > 06-01-2000 - PostgreSQL v7.0.1 Released
> >
> > The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce the release
> > of PostgreSQL v7.0.1. This is essentially acleanup of v7.0. A dump/restore
> > is not required if you're moving from v7.0. If you're migrating from a
> > release earlier than v7.0 a dump/restore will be necessary.
> >
> > The release is available on ftp.postgresql.org, at:
> >
> > ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.0.1
> >
> > As well as our various mirror affiliates ...
>
> I am a little bit confused about this release. It seems pre-formatted
> html docs and man files are not included in
> ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v7.0.1/postgresql.7.0.1.tar.gz
>
> cd /usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc
> make install
> make all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `admin', needed by `all'. Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/7.0.1/postgresql-7.0.1/doc'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
>
> So I grabed postgresql.7.0.1.docs.tar.gz and looked into the contents,
> but I couldn't find pre-formatted docs. Am I missing something?
>
> Also, bellow is different from the release note included in the tar ball?
>
> > Changes
> >
> > Fix many CLUSTER failures (Tom)
> > Allow ALTER TABLE RENAME works on indexes (Tom)
> > Fix plpgsql to handle datetime->timestamp and
> > timespan->interval (Bruce)
> > New configure --with-setproctitle switch to use setproctitle() (Marc, Bruce)
> > Fix the off by one errors in ResultSet from 6.5.3, and more.
> > jdbc ResultSet fixes (Joseph Shraibman)
> > optimizer tunings (Tom)
> > Fix create user for pgaccess
> > Fix for UNLISTEN failure
> > IRIX fixes (David Kaelbling)
> > QNX fixes (Andreas Kardos)
> > Reduce COPY IN lock level (Tom)
> > Change libpqeasy to use PQconnectdb() style parameters (Bruce)
> > Fix pg_dump to handle OID indexes (Tom)
> > Fix small memory leak (Tom)
> > Solaris fix for createdb/dropdb
> > Fix for non-blocking connections (Alfred Perlstein)
> > Fix improper recovery after RENAME TABLE failures (Tom)
> > Copy pg_ident.conf.sample into /lib directory in install (Bruce)
> >
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> > primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
>
> BTW, why
> the tar ball is named postgresql.7.0.1.tar.gz, rather than
> postgresql-7.0.1.tar.gz?
>
> This may confuse users becasue following descriptions are in INSTALL:
>
> > gunzip postgresql-7.0.1.tar.gz
> > tar -xf postgresql-7.0.1.tar
>

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org